It's Jaden's second year at Duel Academy and a lot has changed. Chancellor Sheppard has left, leaving Dr. Crowler and his assistant, Vice-Chancellor Bonaparte, in charge of the school. Jaden was in his dorm room, when he got challenged to a duel by a new student, known as "A.P." Jaden dueled the student, who was sent by a mysterious fortune-teller who wanted A.P. to lose in order to test Jaden's dueling skills. Jaden won and later found out from his friends that A.P. was short for Aster Phoenix, a Pro-League duelist who's better than Zane. Jaden thought he really beat a pro, until he found out from Dorothy that Aster was using a deck of cards he built from a bunch of random card packs, making Jaden even more excited to duel him again.